--- title: "Great people are active in self-learning | 1:1 mentoring" description: "Top picks of engineering management and leadership: the books, blogs, and podcasts I keep recommending to my mentees, and why each earns its slot." url: "https://www.marian.coach/blog/great-people-are-active-in-self-learning/" lang: "en" image: "https://www.marian.coach/images/blog-covers/great-people-are-active-in-self-learning.webp" --- ![Great people are active in self-learning](https://www.marian.coach/images/blog-covers/great-people-are-active-in-self-learning.webp) > _Great people are activeEngineering management feeds in self-learning_ ![Silhouettes at dusk: one person walks ahead down the ridge while seven others follow behind](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/0*sBcrIp7WkBXsOFpd) ## Top picks of [Engineering Management and Leadership](https://www.marian.coach/what-is-engineering-leadership/) - [https://www.platohq.com/blog](https://www.platohq.com/blog) about tech leadership and product management - [https://www.mironov.com/](https://www.mironov.com/) about engineering and product management - [https://marcusblankenship.com/](https://marcusblankenship.com/) about engineering mostly - [https://getnave.com/](https://getnave.com/) about the Kanban method - [https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/](https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/) about tech and leadership - [https://linearb.io/](https://linearb.io/) about tech metrics - [https://lethain.com/](https://lethain.com/) about tech structure and management - [https://cutle.fish/](https://cutle.fish/) about to make product management right - [https://bloggingfordevs.com/engineering-management-blogs/](https://bloggingfordevs.com/engineering-management-blogs/) about tech - [https://poddtoppen.se/](https://poddtoppen.se/) and [https://soundcloud.com/agileamped](https://soundcloud.com/agileamped) about the process flow and agility - medium.com and hbr.com with leadership tag If interested in [more knowledge sources](https://www.marian.coach/knowledge/), follow by [github list](https://github.com/marian-kamenistak/Software-engineering-management-lab/blob/master/Feeds%20Engineering%20Management.md). ![Marian Kamenistak seated, leaning forward with hands clasped, smiling.](https://www.marian.coach/_astro/portrait-leaned-in.DS1dDwka_1U5UwW.webp) Still curating feeds and asking mentees what they are reading, years later. 1:1 mentoring ## Ready to move this from advice to action? 1:1 mentoring for engineering leaders. 300+ mentees since 2019. 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